Anyone Hungry?
"Ugh," I say.
"What?" Ron says.
"Time to cook dinner."
Ron glances over my shoulder at the recipe card. "There are four ingredients," he says.
"I know – what a pain," I say.
I mix together the honey, lemon juice, and Dijon mustard. I dump it over the chicken, sprinkle the chicken with thyme, and slide the dish into the oven.
Whew. For someone who is Not a Chef*, that was quite a feat.
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*Not a Chef: defined as someone who cannot even make oatmeal. Yes, oatmeal. As in add hot water to small, brown flakes. I messed up when I tried to make it for breakfast the other day. So I started from scratch -- and messed it up again. I have the pictures to prove it.
posted by Jenny at 9:47 PM
7 Comments:
Sis - is that you?
Separated at birth . . . a tragic mistake by nurses so preoccupied with a recipe exchange that they didn't notice that the little girls born with no cooking chromosomes were moved to opposite sides of the nursery . . .
(Okay - it's late and I'm a bit rummy. And a bit hungry. Hmmm - maybe some oatmeal?)
2:47 AM
One word Viola. Specifically the chicken Alfredo Viola. If you can microwave and then hide the bag your family will faint at how you have suddenly acquired the cooking chromosome. The chicken teriyaki is good too. The scampi is awful though.
Simplify. Why grow your own chickens when they are already cooked, cut up, frozen and sauced? Man. I am too lazy for words.
9:24 AM
I HATE COOKING, so guess what, I don't do it anymore! I say Ron agrees to do the cooking if you do the grocery shopping and clean-up.
9:30 AM
Ron does cook - he's pretty good too :-)
9:33 AM
Jenny Jenny Jenny. Even though we have lived apart for years and we have many differences - we are soooooo the same!
Now - I can cook - but I don't like to. 4 ingredients are daunting to me.
I am doing easy crock pot recipes (ahhh...Minnesota)because I don't have to do much.
10:08 AM
Well, accept your limitations and stick to those things you excel at - like writing. You won't starve to death and the world is better off with your words than your chicken cacciatore.
3:53 PM
If it involves an oven, it counts as cooking. If it involves mixing ingredients, it's definitely cooking. The sprinkle of an herb? Cooking. You are a chef in my book.
12:15 AM
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